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Two ducks crossing a road in Ballymena. The one at the back says “Quack! quack!” the other one says “I’m going as quack as I can!”
I notice an amusing cutting in Private Eye this week. It’s an extract from a Northern Ireland Water Information leaflet which, following a passage in English, offers a translation in [...]
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Hot on the heels of the identity card proposals we now have Gordon Brown’s increasingly desperate government coming up with a proposal for an “oath of allegiance to the queen” for all 16 year olds. So lets get this right. Our (Labour) government wants children as they are just about to turn in to [...]
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Listening to BBC Radio Scotland this afternoon, Chick Young gave his verdict on the Gretna situation. We shouldn’t be too quick to judge…………………. Brooks Mileson a good bloke……….players and staff with mortgages……………it’s the fans I feel sorry for etc. etc. Well sorry Chick but (as if any proof were needed) you’re a naive fool if [...]
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Those of you familiar with my Youtube video Dumbarton Ghost Town will have noticed my reference in the first frame to the EDAW Action Plan which was adopted by West Dunbartonshire Clowncil in 2000. The thumbnail here (double click to view) is my favourite part of the plan which is the “interpretation guide”. [...]
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